[[Image:Dumbledors.jpg|thumb|''He battled with the Dumbledores'' by Richard Svensson]]

[[Image:Dumbledors.jpg|thumb|''He battled with the Dumbledores'' by Richard Svensson]]

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'''Dumbledors''' were a legendary "''ferocious race of winged insects''",<ref>[[David Day]], [[A Tolkien Bestiary]]</ref> mentioned only in [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] verse. The dumbledors were said to have battled a knight on a quest.<ref>{{AB|Errantry}}</ref>

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'''Dumbledors''' were a legendary "''ferocious race of winged insects''",<ref>[[David Day]], ''[[A Tolkien Bestiary]]''</ref> mentioned only in [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] verse. The dumbledors were said to have battled a knight on a quest.<ref>{{AB|Errantry}}</ref>

==Etymology==

==Etymology==

''Dumbledor'' or ''dumbledore'' is an obsolete English word for [[Wikipedia:Bumblebee|bumblebee]].

''Dumbledor'' or ''dumbledore'' is an obsolete English word for [[Wikipedia:Bumblebee|bumblebee]].